diff --git a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_POST b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_POST
index ef2f07cfe5f..c87dc6b34fe 100755
--- a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_POST
+++ b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_POST
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ export CDATE=${CDATE:-${PDY}${cyc}}
 export GDUMP=${GDUMP:-"gdas"}
 
 # Generate COM variables from templates
-YMD=${PDY} HH=${cyc} declare_from_tmpl -rx COM_OCEAN_ANALYSIS COM_ICE_RESTART
+YMD=${PDY} HH=${cyc} declare_from_tmpl -rx COM_OCEAN_ANALYSIS COM_ICE_ANALYSIS COM_ICE_RESTART
 
 mkdir -p "${COM_OCEAN_ANALYSIS}"
+mkdir -p "${COM_ICE_ANALYSIS}"
 mkdir -p "${COM_ICE_RESTART}"
 
 ##############################################
diff --git a/jobs/JGLOBAL_FORECAST b/jobs/JGLOBAL_FORECAST
index 8d91be8a571..9ae247cdca3 100755
--- a/jobs/JGLOBAL_FORECAST
+++ b/jobs/JGLOBAL_FORECAST
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ declare -rx gcyc="${GDATE:8:2}"
 
 # Construct COM variables from templates (see config.com)
 YMD="${PDY}" HH="${cyc}" declare_from_tmpl -rx COM_ATMOS_RESTART COM_ATMOS_INPUT COM_ATMOS_ANALYSIS \
-  COM_ATMOS_HISTORY COM_ATMOS_MASTER COM_TOP COM_CONF
+  COM_ICE_ANALYSIS COM_ATMOS_HISTORY COM_ATMOS_MASTER COM_TOP COM_CONF
 
 RUN="${rCDUMP}" YMD="${gPDY}" HH="${gcyc}" declare_from_tmpl -rx \
   COM_ATMOS_RESTART_PREV:COM_ATMOS_RESTART_TMPL
diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.com b/parm/config/gfs/config.com
index 5d63a499ed7..004ca1affba 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.com
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.com
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ declare -rx COM_OCEAN_NETCDF_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/products/ocean/netcdf'
 declare -rx COM_OCEAN_GRIB_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/products/ocean/grib2'
 declare -rx COM_OCEAN_GRIB_GRID_TMPL=${COM_OCEAN_GRIB_TMPL}'/${GRID}'
 
+declare -rx COM_ICE_ANALYSIS_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/analysis/ice'
 declare -rx COM_ICE_INPUT_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/model_data/ice/input'
 declare -rx COM_ICE_HISTORY_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/model_data/ice/history'
 declare -rx COM_ICE_RESTART_TMPL=${COM_BASE}'/model_data/ice/restart'
diff --git a/ush/forecast_postdet.sh b/ush/forecast_postdet.sh
index 9c8858ec3d0..401759f077d 100755
--- a/ush/forecast_postdet.sh
+++ b/ush/forecast_postdet.sh
@@ -526,7 +526,10 @@ CICE_postdet() {
     cice_restart_file="${DATArestart}/CICE_RESTART/cice_model.res.${restart_date:0:4}-${restart_date:4:2}-${restart_date:6:2}-${seconds}.nc"
   else  # "${RERUN}" == "NO"
     restart_date="${model_start_date_current_cycle}"
-    cice_restart_file="${COM_ICE_RESTART_PREV}/${restart_date:0:8}.${restart_date:8:2}0000.cice_model.res.nc"
+    cice_restart_file="${COM_ICE_RESTART_PREV}/${restart_date:0:8}.${restart_date:8:2}0000.cice_model.res.nc"    
+    if [[ "${DO_JEDIOCNVAR:-NO}" = "YES" ]]; then
+      cice_restart_file="${COM_ICE_ANALYSIS}/${restart_date:0:8}.${restart_date:8:2}0000.cice_model_anl.res.nc"
+    fi
   fi
 
   # Copy CICE ICs